US4310091A - Film-packet to be adaptable for picture stand - Google Patents

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US4310091A
US4310091A US06/102,519 US10251979A US4310091A US 4310091 A US4310091 A US 4310091A US 10251979 A US10251979 A US 10251979A US 4310091 A US4310091 A US 4310091A
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Yoshio Hara
Tomoyuki Takahashi
Yukihiro Sugimoto
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/36—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/28—Locating light-sensitive material within camera
    • G03B17/32—Locating plates or cut films

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  • This invention relates to a film-packet for accommodating film-units, each to be used as an image carrying member for a camera based on the diffusion transfer process and more particularly, to the film-packet of the above-described type which is further adaptable as a picture stand when all the film-units accommodated therein are used up.
  • a film-packet 7 of the present invention may be formed in a box-like case 2 so that a predetermined number of film-units may be accommodated therein.
  • the box-like case 2 is provided on its front side with a window-portion or frame 3 for exposure and a slit-shaped aperture 4, on its one lateral side relative to the front side, for permitting each film-unit 1 to be withdrawn therethrough.
  • the film-packet 7 is further provided with a covering member 6 for shielding the window-portion 3 therewith so as to prevent the film-units from being exposed and bears a backing plate 5 for causing the bundle of the film-units to be urged towards the covering member 6 through a resilient spring 5a.
  • the present inventors found a fact that the used film-packet per se can be effectively utilized as a picture stand by adding some inventive steps to the conventional manufacturing mode of the film-packets.
  • an essential object of the present invention is to provide a film-packet which is adaptable as a picture stand.
  • Another important object of the present invention is to provide a film-packet of the above-described type, which can be manufactured without including any substantial, additional cost when compared with the manufacturing costs of conventional film-packets.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a film-packet of the above-described type, which can be easily adapted to use as a picture stand only by the use of members constituting the film-packet.
  • a conventional film-packet is further so arranged that a recessed portion capable of seizing one end portion of a sheet-like article therewith is integrally formed on a rear side face of the film-packet.
  • the conventional film-packet for accommodating a fixed number of film-units each to be used as an image carrying member for a camera based on the diffusion transfer process comprises a box-like case for accommodating the film-units therein, a window-portion or frame for exposure constituting substantially the front portion of the box-like case, a slit-shaped aperture provided on a lateral side of the box-like case for permitting each of the film-units to be withdrawn therethrough, a covering member for shielding the window-portion therewith so as to prevent the film-units from being exposed and a backing member for causing the bundle of the film-units to be urged towards the covering member.
  • the box-like case is used as a picture-holder of a picture stand to be assembled, while the covering member is used as a supporting member for the picture holder. Therefore, one end portion of the covering member per se is seized by the recessed portion.
  • the covering member adapted for the supporting member of the picture stand may be preferably cut or folded into appropriate dimensions when assembled, so that it may function as a stable leg-portion or a supporting member of the picture stand.
  • the characteristic properties of the molding plastics i.e., the orientation of molecules and the weld-line, which are both predeterminedly effected during the manufacturing process of the injection-molded products subject to the manufacturing conditions, are effectively utilized.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a film-packet in conjunction with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view taken along the line II--II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective, schematic view of a picture stand according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4(a) is a perspective, partial view of the film-packet shown in FIG. 1, while particularly showing, on an enlarged scale, a recessed portion provided on a rear side of the film-packet;
  • FIG. 4(b) is a schematic, partial cross sectional view of the recessed portion shown in FIG. 4(a), while particularly showing a seizing relation effected between the recessed portion and a supporting leg;
  • FIGS. 4(c) and 4(d) are view similar to FIG. 4(b), while particularly showing respectively, substantially lateral seizing relations effected by a modified recessed portion of FIG. 4(a) and the supporting leg according to two modified embodiments of the present invention;
  • FIG. 5(a) is a front, elevational view of a covering member included in the film-packet shown in FIG. 2 according to the present invention
  • FIG. 5(b) is a side, elevational view of the covering member shown in FIG. 5(a);
  • FIG. 6(a) is a schematic, side view of the picture stand shown in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 6(b) is a view similar to FIG. 6(a), while particularly showing a modified embodiment of the picture stand shown in FIG. 6(a) according to the present invention
  • FIG. 6(c) is a view similar to FIG. 6(a), but particularly showing a resetting state of the picture to that shown in FIG. 6(a) by turning the picture stand around by 90 degrees;
  • FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b) are views similar to FIG. 4(b), but particularly showing respective modified embodiments of the recessed portion shown in FIG. 4(b) according to the present invention.
  • the used film-packet 7 can be converted into a picture stand only by providing it with a back support or a supporting member, whereby the used film-packet 7 per se can function as a picture holder and a covering member 6 may function as a leg-portion or back support of the picture stand. Furthermore, when a film-unit 1 carrying an image is again inserted into the picture holder of the picture stand as a picture to be displayed, the film-unit 1 can be easily inserted through a slit-shaped aperture 4, with an image carrying side of the film-unit facing window-portion 3 for exposure (see FIGS. 1 and 2). The above procedures do not involve any difficulties at all.
  • the color of the film-packet 7 it is not critical, so long as the light can not be transmitted into the inside of the film-packet 7 through a box-like case 2. In view of a substantial usage of the film-packet 7, the color chosen can be naturally varied.
  • a covering member 6 for shielding the window-portion 3 therewith should be adapted to take advantage of the used covering member, which will otherwise be discarded as of no value. Furthermore, such used covering member 6 may be cut or bent so that it may be of an appropriate size, when an outer appearance of the picture stand as a whole is taken into consideration.
  • the present invention proposes methods which make the used film-packet to be again utilized as picture-stand without the inclusion of any substantially additional cost.
  • the present methods further involve no difficulties at all, when the used film-packet is assembled into the picture-stand. According to the present methods, in the course of the manufacturing process of the film-packet 7 and the covering member 6, these are further so arranged in advance that these can be readily assembled into the picture stand of the present invention. The details are described in the following.
  • the box-like case 2 is formed into such a configuration as that shown in FIG. 4(a) in the molding process of the box-like case 2, and provided with a recessed portion 8, which can receive one end portion of the leg portion with a substantially lateral engaging relationship being maintained, on the central portion of a rear side of the box-like case 2. Accordingly, the one end portion 6' of the covering member 6 which adapts as the leg portion is inserted into the recessed portion 8 and then fixed there.
  • the location of the recessed portion 8 may be approximately centered on the rear side of the box-like case 2.
  • each film-unit 1 is arranged to include a pod-portion of an agent associated with the diffusion transfer process on a heading portion of the unit 1 and a space-portion in use for storing an excess amount of the agent on a trailing portion of the unit 1 under the urged backing condition as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the maximum height of the space is effected in the manner as described above. Accordingly, the provision of an internal recessed portion does not affect the main function of the film-packet 7 at all, so long as the recessed portion 8 is properly centrally provided as described above.
  • the configuration of the recessed portion 8 is modified as shown in FIGS. 4(c) or 4(d).
  • the width of a bottom-portion of the recessed portion 8 or the height of a bottom-section of the recessed portion 8 is arranged to be locally smaller relative to the thickness of the end portion 6' to be inserted, and the covering member 6 is therefore force inserted into the recessed portion 8.
  • the cross-sectional area of the recessed portion 8 is formed in a manner such that it becomes narrower in proportion to the depth of the recessed portion 8, while a lengthwise side-wall of the recessed portions 8 is provided with a plurality of ribs 9.
  • the ribs 9 substantially laterally spaced with respect to each other on the side-wall and each rib has a semi-circular cross section.
  • the cross sectional shape of the rib is not critical.
  • the height of the entrance of the recessed portion 8, which is coplanar with the rear surface of the case 2, is arranged to be larger than the thickness of the end portion 6'.
  • the ribs 9 are provided on the respective walls in a manner such that respective, vertical distances to be relatively effected by the respective ribs on both sides are locally smaller than the thickness of the leg-portion 6'.
  • the end portion 6' is forcibly inserted into the recessed portion 8, while it is deformed so as to fit for the specifically arranged recessed portion 8.
  • To integrally form the recessed portion 8 on the rear face of the film-packet 7 may be accomplished by conventional injection molding without difficulty, whereby the cost and procedures are not substantially different from the injection molding of the conventional film-packets.
  • the covering member 6 to be adapted for the leg-portion or the supporting portion is preferably cut or folded into appropriate dimensions when assembled, so that it may function as a stable leg-portion of the picture stand.
  • the covering member 6 of one of the plastics is manufactured by a conventional process of injection molding.
  • the properties of the molding plastics i.e., the orientation of molecules and the weld-line, which are both predeterminedly effected during the manufacturing process of the injection-molded products subject to the manufacturing conditions, may be effectively utilized.
  • these phenomenological characteristics inherent in the process of the injection molding are taken into account, it is not difficult at all to obtain the resultant injection-molded product, which can be easily changed into the leg portion having the predetermined shape through manual cutting and/or manual folding.
  • the covering member 6 having the V-shaped cut-out groove 10 is shown in FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b). Furthermore, for the sake of handy cutting operation, in addition to the V-shaped groove 10, the covering member 6 is further arranged to have a cut-out 11 at one end of the V-shaped cut-out groove 10. As long as the covering member 6 is made of one of plastics, plastics composites and papers, a cutting operation is preferable to shape the covering member 6 into the leg portion having the predetermined dimensions. However, when the covering member 6 is made of one of metallic materials, folding lines are preferably printed on the covering member so that it may be shaped into the predetermined dimensions by the use of the printed folding lines.
  • FIGS. 6(a) to 6(c) there are shown three assembled embodiments of the picture stand according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 6(a) there is shown the embodiment wherein the covering member 6, which has been already converted into the leg portion, is simply inserted into the recessed portion provided on the film-packet 7 at its one end portion 6' and is fixed in the recessed portion.
  • FIG. 6(b) from a standpoint of an aesthetic, outer appearance of the picture stand, the leg portion is folded at an appropriate, longitudinal point so as to cause it to take the reverse L-shaped form.
  • the covering member 6 is the injection-molded product of one of the plastics and is manufactured by taking into consideration of the orientation of molcules of the product in advance, the covering member 6 may be provided with the characteristics wherein the product can be only folded in a direction opposite to the direction for splitting.
  • the leg portion can be easily folded at its predetermined longitudinal point.
  • the picture stand may be reset in the state shown in FIG. 6(c) only by turning the picture stand around by 90 degrees with respect to the state shown in FIG. 6(a).
  • the picture stand set in the state as shown in FIG. 6(c) stands under stable conditions.
  • the recessed portion 8 may be provided on the rear face of the film-packet 7 in a manner such that it is substantially upwardly slanted towards the innermost side of the recessed portion 8 as shown in FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b).
  • the film-packet wherein the recessed portion capable of frictionally seizing one end portion of the leg-portion of the picture stand is integrally formed in the manufacturing process of the film-packet.
  • the additional costs inherently required for manufacturing such film-packets as described above or the covering members each having the V-shaped groove are negligibly small, since the respective injection molds for them and the like require only a slight alteration for the purpose described above.

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